#3) Vaclav Havel was born on October 5, 1936 and is still alive today. He was born in a very wealthy and intellectual family. His dad was owner of Barrandov and his mother's father was an ambassador and a well-known journalist. He became a 4-year aprentice as a chemical laboratory assistant. Later on he married his wife Olga Splichalova. After in the military, he became a stagehand for the Prague and studied drama at The Academy of Performing Arts. He later on began to write many plays including "The Garden" and "The Memoradum" and "The Increased Difficulty of Concentration". He also co-founded the Committee of the Defense of the Unjustly Persecuted in 1979. Later on in his life he became the 1st President of the Czech Republic and the 10th Czechoslovkia President. He was also the major figure during the Gentle Revolution. He spent 5 years in and out of jail.
#7) Vaclav Havel's act was he became one of the leading revolutionaries during the Velvet Revolution/Getle Revolution. He wrote many pieces showing his view on the subject of the overthrow of the communist government Vaclav wrote works like the Charter 77 Manifesto. He also provided a commentary on on the events on Radio Free Czechoslovakia in Liberac. He co-founded the Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Prosecuted, which sought to support dissidents and their families. All of these activities reulted in multiple stays in prison, including a stay of 4 years on one act. He, like Thoreau, wrote about his stay while in prison in a book call "Letters to Olga", his wife. He wrote many essays that told about "Post-Totalitarianism" and has been compared to important firgures such as Ghandhi, MLK, and Mohandas. http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/Slavonic/Havel1.htm
15.) questions for scavenger hunt 1. Who was Vaclav Havel? 2. What was the Velvet or Gentle Revolution?
10.) Many of Vaclav Havels books and plays have been inspired by the Velvet Revolution. But it is said that his ideas in these works of art have changed due to the fact that he was so involved in the Velvet Revolution. A blogger said that, "It's an interesting exercise to view how Havel represents himself, his work and his politics before the tumultuous events of the Velvet Revolution in 1989." In this quote he was referring to his book "Disturbing the Peace." His views were much different between this book and books before and after the Gentle Revolution occured.
dean 11) iN 1939 there was a student named Jan Opletal, he was a czech medical student that was killed during a anti-war protest. During the protest nazis stormed in the building executing nine students including Jan opletal. Jan opletal was shot two times the first time he was shot in the chest and then the second time he was shot in the stomach. Both of the times he was shot was by the police out side of the national musem. Then he was rushed to the hospital but sadly he died from his gun shot wounds he had reseved on november 11th.(http://blogs.liverpoolecho.co.uk/bandofbloggers/2009/11/on-this-day---jan-opletal-and.html). His death was not really remember after but during that time when he died it stared many other anti-war protests all across the nation. The group that killed him was the secret german police the gestopo. 8) The law or the rule that was broken was protests that occured in theses schools in czech. The incedent was a massive protest at a college. In the town the secret german police fore better known as the gestopo heard out this prostest and took action to stop and break the protest up as fast as they could. So in order to stop this they rou8nded up some nazi storm troopers to go an take action and do what ever is nessicary to break this protest up. The storm troopers stormed in the college and took 6 students and then they exacued or killed these students in front of every one that was in the protest at the time. In my opinon i think that the law or the rule at the time was that the germans didnt want any prostestes to start because at the time they couldnt afford to deal with a rebaillion in another country because they are fighting a war and probaly cant afford to spar the troops for a reason like that. The conseqesnes would probly be death to show what would happen to any one eles that would try to disobey the german rule on the czech at the time. 9) The thing that this person or people were trying to acomplish were that to stop the war that was going on at that time and also open the schools back up. For a time the nazis shot down the collages. These people shet up a protest at one of the schools and started to protest about the nazi controll of there country. The protest was going on for some time and then the gestopo the secret german police found out about what these people and the protest. When they found out the gestpo didnt wast any time and then took action they got a group of nazi storm troopers together and told them to head over to the where the protest was going on. There was one person there that there name stood out and that was a boy by the name of Jan Opletal he was a cezch medical student atending the collage that was being closed for whatever reason as the reason was. During the protest, well into it nazi strom troopers knocked down the front gates and then stormed into the college. They took 6 people hostege including Jan Opletal all six people were exacuted or killed at the protest in my opinon i think that this protest was a failure because they really didnt accomplish anything untill years later. So i think that they lost six lives for nothing and they shoulnt have really done that or these people couldhave been alive. .(http://blogs.liverpoolecho.co.uk/bandofbloggers/2009/11/on-this-day---jan-opletal-and.html
mickey_p420
1.) This timeline shows how Vaclav Havel starts off in society and gradually progreses through The Velvet Revolution> http://www.untitledtheater.com/havel/timeline/velvet-revolution.html 12.) After the failure of the Prague Spring, many Czechoslovaks rightfully held doubts about the possibility of revolution, but as events starting in with Solidarity in Gdansk, Poland and continuing in the other Bloc countries seemed hopeful, the revolution in Czechoslovakia became inevitable. On August 23rd, 1989, two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined hands along a 600km stretch of road between Tallinn,Riga and Vilnius. Finally, November 9th, 1989 brought the fall of the Berlin Wall. Also, on December 4th the border to Austria was opened.This event ending the Iron Curtain division of East and West. An affiliation agreement between the Czech Republic and the European Community was concluded October 4, 1993. This took effect February 1, 1995.Currently, the Czech Republic is a fully democratic country with a stable political culture and growing economic power. The positive results of economic change and democratic leaders made a difference. The increase in living standards of the people are presently noticeable and are slowly rising to the levels of some standards of the European Union.In June 2006, parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic. The equal division of the lower house, or Chamber of Deputies, made it impossible to form a government.
#3) Vaclav Havel was born on October 5, 1936 and is still alive today. He was born in a very wealthy and intellectual family. His dad was owner of Barrandov and his mother's father was an ambassador and a well-known journalist. He became a 4-year aprentice as a chemical laboratory assistant. Later on he married his wife Olga Splichalova. After in the military, he became a stagehand for the Prague and studied drama at The Academy of Performing Arts. He later on began to write many plays including "The Garden" and "The Memoradum" and "The Increased Difficulty of Concentration". He also co-founded the Committee of the Defense of the Unjustly Persecuted in 1979. Later on in his life he became the 1st President of the Czech Republic and the 10th Czechoslovkia President. He was also the major figure during the Gentle Revolution. He spent 5 years in and out of jail.
4#) http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/h/vaclav_havel/index.html
#7) Vaclav Havel's act was he became one of the leading revolutionaries during the Velvet Revolution/Getle Revolution. He wrote many pieces showing his view on the subject of the overthrow of the communist government Vaclav wrote works like the Charter 77 Manifesto. He also provided a commentary on on the events on Radio Free Czechoslovakia in Liberac. He co-founded the Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Prosecuted, which sought to support dissidents and their families. All of these activities reulted in multiple stays in prison, including a stay of 4 years on one act. He, like Thoreau, wrote about his stay while in prison in a book call "Letters to Olga", his wife. He wrote many essays that told about "Post-Totalitarianism" and has been compared to important firgures such as Ghandhi, MLK, and Mohandas.
http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/Slavonic/Havel1.htm
#6) http://www.thefreelibrary.com/VACLAV+HAVEL%3A+A+Political+Tragedy+in+Six+Acts.-a065160622
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15.) questions for scavenger hunt
1. Who was Vaclav Havel?
2. What was the Velvet or Gentle Revolution?
10.) Many of Vaclav Havels books and plays have been inspired by the Velvet Revolution. But it is said that his ideas in these works of art have changed due to the fact that he was so involved in the Velvet Revolution. A blogger said that, "It's an interesting exercise to view how Havel represents himself, his work and his politics before the tumultuous events of the Velvet Revolution in 1989." In this quote he was referring to his book "Disturbing the Peace." His views were much different between this book and books before and after the Gentle Revolution occured.
dean
11) iN 1939 there was a student named Jan Opletal, he was a czech medical student that was killed during a anti-war protest. During the protest nazis stormed in the building executing nine students including Jan opletal. Jan opletal was shot two times the first time he was shot in the chest and then the second time he was shot in the stomach. Both of the times he was shot was by the police out side of the national musem. Then he was rushed to the hospital but sadly he died from his gun shot wounds he had reseved on november 11th.(http://blogs.liverpoolecho.co.uk/bandofbloggers/2009/11/on-this-day---jan-opletal-and.html). His death was not really remember after but during that time when he died it stared many other anti-war protests all across the nation. The group that killed him was the secret german police the gestopo.
8) The law or the rule that was broken was protests that occured in theses schools in czech. The incedent was a massive protest at a college. In the town the secret german police fore better known as the gestopo heard out this prostest and took action to stop and break the protest up as fast as they could. So in order to stop this they rou8nded up some nazi storm troopers to go an take action and do what ever is nessicary to break this protest up. The storm troopers stormed in the college and took 6 students and then they exacued or killed these students in front of every one that was in the protest at the time. In my opinon i think that the law or the rule at the time was that the germans didnt want any prostestes to start because at the time they couldnt afford to deal with a rebaillion in another country because they are fighting a war and probaly cant afford to spar the troops for a reason like that. The conseqesnes would probly be death to show what would happen to any one eles that would try to disobey the german rule on the czech at the time.
9) The thing that this person or people were trying to acomplish were that to stop the war that was going on at that time and also open the schools back up. For a time the nazis shot down the collages. These people shet up a protest at one of the schools and started to protest about the nazi controll of there country. The protest was going on for some time and then the gestopo the secret german police found out about what these people and the protest. When they found out the gestpo didnt wast any time and then took action they got a group of nazi storm troopers together and told them to head over to the where the protest was going on. There was one person there that there name stood out and that was a boy by the name of Jan Opletal he was a cezch medical student atending the collage that was being closed for whatever reason as the reason was. During the protest, well into it nazi strom troopers knocked down the front gates and then stormed into the college. They took 6 people hostege including Jan Opletal all six people were exacuted or killed at the protest in my opinon i think that this protest was a failure because they really didnt accomplish anything untill years later. So i think that they lost six lives for nothing and they shoulnt have really done that or these people couldhave been alive. .(http://blogs.liverpoolecho.co.uk/bandofbloggers/2009/11/on-this-day---jan-opletal-and.html
mickey_p420
1.) This timeline shows how Vaclav Havel starts off in society and gradually progreses through The Velvet Revolution>
http://www.untitledtheater.com/havel/timeline/velvet-revolution.html
12.) After the failure of the Prague Spring, many Czechoslovaks rightfully held doubts about the possibility of revolution, but as events starting in with Solidarity in Gdansk, Poland and continuing in the other Bloc countries seemed hopeful, the revolution in Czechoslovakia became inevitable. On August 23rd, 1989, two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined hands along a 600km stretch of road between Tallinn,Riga and Vilnius. Finally, November 9th, 1989 brought the fall of the Berlin Wall. Also, on December 4th the border to Austria was opened.This event ending the Iron Curtain division of East and West. An affiliation agreement between the Czech Republic and the European Community was concluded October 4, 1993. This took effect February 1, 1995. Currently, the Czech Republic is a fully democratic country with a stable political culture and growing economic power. The positive results of economic change and democratic leaders made a difference. The increase in living standards of the people are presently noticeable and are slowly rising to the levels of some standards of the European Union. In June 2006, parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic. The equal division of the lower house, or Chamber of Deputies, made it impossible to form a government.